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A  Brief  Sketch  of  the 

Life  and  Public  Services  of 

Hon.  W.W.  Crapo. 


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"The  public  offices  are  a  public  trust. '>— WILLIAM  W.  CRAPO. 

Republican  State  Convention  of  1881 


A   BRIEF   SKETCH 


OF  THE 


LIFE  AND  PUBLIC  SERVICES  OF 


HON.W.W.  CRAPO 

WITH  PRESS   COMMENTS. 


BOSTON  : 

J.  E.  FARWELL  &  CO.,  PRINTERS, 

45  PEARL  STREET. 

1889. 


LIBRARY 

UNIVERSITY  OF  C  ALIFORM  A 
SANTA  BARBARA 


WM.  W.  CRAPO. 


IN  presenting  to  the  Republican  voters  of  Massachusetts  the  name 
of  WILLIAM  W.  CRAPO  as  a  candidate  for  Governor,  his  friends  do 
so  with  just  pride  in  his  unquestioned  ability  and  his  conspicuous 
record  of  public  service.  A  careful  perusal  of  the  following  brief 
sketch  of  his  career  is  commended  to  every  citizen  interested  in  the 
public  welfare,  and  anxious  to  secure  the  best  men  obtainable  for  the 
public  service. 

WILLIAM  WALLACE  CRAPO  was  born  in  Dartmouth,  Massachusetts, 
May  16,  1830,  and  was  the  only  son  in  a  family  of  ten  children. 
His  father  was  Hon.  Henry  Howland  Crapo,  a  self-educated  man, 
who,  beginning  life  in  humble  circumstances,  ended  his  career  as  Gov- 
ernor of  the  State  of  Michigan.  The  son  inherited  his  father's 
passion  for  learning  and  knowledge  and,  although  his  father's 
means  were  limited,  he  was  given  all  possible  opportunity  for 
study.  He  was  first  in  the  New  Bedford  public  schools,  then  at 
Phillips  Academy  in  Andover,  where  he  prepared  for  college.  He 
graduated  at  Yale — which  has  since  conferred  upon  him  the  honorary 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws, — in  the  class  of  1852.  Deciding  on  the 
study  of  law,  he  attended  the  Dane  Law  School  at  Cambridge,  and 
subsequently  entered  the  office  of  Governor  Clifford  in  New  Bedford. 
In  February,  1855,  he  was  admitted  to  the  Bristol  bar,  and  the  fol- 
lowing April  was  elected  City  Solicitor,  an  office  which  he  continued 
to  hold  for  twelve  consecutive  years. 

In  1856  Mr.  CRAPO  was  chosen  to  the  Massachusetts  House  of 
Representatives,  and  the  following  year,  when  only  twenty-seven 
years  of  age,  was  tendered  a  seat  in  the  Massachusetts  Senate,  but 
declined  the  honor.  As  lawyer,  bank  officer,  director  in  manufact- 
uring corporations,  and  in  other  similar  positions  of  trust  and 
responsibility  he  acquired  the  reputation  not  only  of  a  sound  lawyer, 


but  of  a  successful  business  man  and  an  able  financial  manager- 
In  all  of  these  positions  he  has  ever  enjoyed  the  complete  confidence 
and  respect  of  the  public  and  his  associates. 

But  the  reputation  of  Mr.  CRAPO  in  Massachusetts  and  the  country 
at  large  rests  pre-eminently  upon  his  services  in  the  National  House 
of  Representatives.  He  was  elected  to  fill  a  vacancy  in  the  Forty- 
fourth  Congress  and  was  returned  at  three  successive  elections,  en- 
joying to  an  unusual  degree  the  favor  and  approbation  of  his  constit- 
uents. In  the  Forty-fifth  Congress  he  was  a  member  of  the  Commit- 
tee on  Foreign  Affairs.  In  the  Forty-sixth  he  served  on  the  Com- 
mittee on  Banking  and  Currency,  and  was  chairman  of  this  impor- 
tant committee  in  the  next  Congress.  He  introduced  the  bill  to 
extend  the  charters  of  the  National  Banks,  and  by  his  skilful  and 
persistent  efforts  the  bill  became  a  law  to  the  satisfaction  of  all  sound 
business  men.  His  final  speech  in  favor  of  this  bill  was  pronounced 
a  masterpiece  by  the  leading  members  of  both  parties.  His  connec- 
tion with  this  bill,  greatly  added  to  his  reputation  as  an  able  lawyer 
and  a  judicious  statesman. 

A  former  member  of  Congress,  who  served  with  Mr.  CRAPO,  and 
who  has  himself  received  repeated  assurances  from  the  people  of  the 
high  esteem  in  which  he  is  personally  held,  writes  as  follows : 

"  Whatever  may  be  said  in  favor  of  other  candidates,  the  public 
judgment  will  at  least  be  unanimous  that  Mr.  CRAPO  would  fill  the 
office  of  Chief  Magistrate  of  the  old  Commonwealth  with  ability,  im- 
partiality and  elegance.  He  is  a  man  of  high  cultivation  in  letters, 
of  large  experience  in  affairs,  capable  of  dealing  with  the  gravest 
matters  of  State  and  national  politics,  and  every  whit  a  gentleman. 
These  qualities  he  holds  with  modesty  and  grace ;  and  while  fitted 
to  adorn  any  circle,  public  or  private,  he  has  none  of  the  vulgar 
pride  of  wealth  which  substitutes  its  possession  for  the  sterling  vir- 
tues which  give  to  Americans  the  true  criterion  in  their  estimate  of 
the  true  claims  to  respectability  and  honor.  No  man  in  public  or  in 
private  life  has  presumed  to  treat  him  as  an  inferior ;  while  he  has 
himself  borne  his  honors  with  deferential  courtesy  toward  all  men. 
While  in  Congress  he  was  accounted  one  of  its  ablest  members,  es- 
pecially in  dealing  with  financial  and  industrial  questions ;  and  few 
men  in  the  country  are  more  competent  than  he  is  to  deal  intelli- 
gently and  dispassionately  with  delicate  and  fundamental  problems. 


Mr.  CRAPO  has  none  of  the  elements  of  a  demagogue  in  his  nature ; 
and  he  will  not  play  the  trickster's  part  either  in  securing  a  nomina- 
tion or  in  the  administration  of  the  Government.  There  are  few 
men  in  the  State  as  capable  as  he  is  to  fill  the  high  position  for  which 
he  has  already  been  so  favorably  mentioned,  with  acceptance  by  the 
people  and  with  honor  to  the  State.  If  nominated  he  will  be  elected, 
and  his  eminent  fitness  for  the  position  is  the  constant,  as  we  believe 
it  will  be  the  persuasive,  appeal  to  all  Republicans  to  rally  to  his 
support  and  share  the  honors  of  his  success.  I  think  it  safe  to  say 
that  every  Republican  who  has  ever  served  with  Mr.  CRAPO  in  the 
State  or  in  the  nation  will  be  among  his  ardent  supporters  and  advo- 
cates for  the  office  of  Governor.'* 

MR.  CRAPO  is  a  man  of  the  people.  As  has  recently  been  said  by 
a  public  journal  published  near  his  home  : 

"  Those  who  have  known  WM.  W.  CRAPO  for  many  years  will 
smile  at  the  suggestion  that  there  is  anything  exclusive  or  what  is 
called  'aristocratic'  in  his  make-up.  A  thorough  gentleman  in  his 
nature,  no  one  ever  approached  him,  whether  in  humble  or  in  pros- 
perous circumstances,  but  has  been  kindly  and  courteously  treated, 
as  all  his  old  constituents  will  testify." 

At  the  expiration  of  his  first  term  in  Congress,  he  returned  only 
to  receive  a  unanimous  renomination  for  a  second  term.  Ninety 
delegates  from  all  parts  of  his  district  gathered  in  convention  and 
ninety  votes  were  cast  for  Mr.  CRAPO. 

He  was  re-elected  by  a  plurality  of  nearly  8000,  a  plurality  nearly 
double  that  which  he  had  received  for  his  previous  term,  and  suc- 
cessive elections  to  the  Forty-sixth  and  Forty-seventh  Congresses  fol- 
lowed by  margins  that  were  just  as  safe,  one  of  them  being  larger  even 
than  those  that  have  just  been  named.  In  the  Forty-fifth  Congress 
Mr.  CRAPO  was  appointed  a  member  of  the  Committee  on  Foreign 
Affairs,  and  in  the  Forty-sixth  upon  that  of  Banking  and  Currency. 
He  succeeded  to  the  chairmanship  of  the  latter  committee  in  the 
Forty-seventh  Congress,  and  also  served  upon  the  Committee  on 
Expenditures  in  the  Interior  Department  and  the  Laws  Respecting 
the  Election  of  President  and  Vice- President.  "His  principal 
work,"  said  the  Boston  Journal  seven  years  ago,  referring  to  his 
service  in  the  Congress  just  then  adjourning,  the  Forty-seventh, 
"  was  devoted  to  the  Committee  on  Banking  and  Currency,  and  there 


is  not  much  question  that  but  for  his  remarkably  skilful  parliamen- 
tary management,  which  was  the  subject  of  favorable  comment  by 
experienced  parliamentarians  of  both  parties,  the  bill  for  the  exten- 
sion of  bank  charters  would  have  failed  to  become  a  law.  He  de- 
voted himself  day  and  night  to  the  preparation  of  a  bill  which  would 
pass,  and  he  succeeded  in  his  purpose." 

"At  no  time,"  says  The  Journal  in  an  able  article  on  Mr.  CRAPO'S 
career  under  date  of  Aug.  31,  1889,  "was  he  an  active  partisan. 
Always,  however,  he  was  a  Republican  who  could  safely  be  relied 
upon,  and  he  gave  his  attention  primarily  to  the  business  interests  that 
invited  attention.  Estimates  of  his  Congressional  work  have  been 
penned  which  describe  him  as  having  enjoyed  to  an  unusual  degree  the 
favor  and  approbation  of  his  constituents,  and  as  having  left  Congress 
with  a  reputation  second  to  that  of  no  Massachusetts  member  among 
his  contemporaries,  and  with  his  value  as  a  legislator  recognized  by 
the  country." 

Mr.  CRAPO  is  a  man  of  eloquence,  of  the  direct,  incisive  kind. 
One  of  the  most  valuable  of  his  public  addresses  was  de- 
livered by  him  when  elected  to  preside  at  the  Republican  State 
Convention  held  in  Worcester  in  1881.  Space  will  not  permit  us  to 
produce  the  entire  address  which  was  replete  with  strong  and 
eloquent  passages  and  in  the  course  of  which  occurs  that  memorable 
sentence  which  stands  at  the  head  of  this  pamphlet:  "  The  public 
offices  are  a  public  trust." 

We  give  that  portion  of  his  address  which  contains  this  states- 
manlike utterance.  The  entire  passage  is  as  clean  cut  a  statement 
upon  civil  service  as  can  be  found  in  print. 

"No  occupation  is  more  honorable  than  the  public  service.  The  de- 
sire to  engage  in  it  is  a  worthy  one.  The  ambition  to  hold  and  pro- 
perly discharge  the  dutes  of  a  position  under  the  Government  is  credit- 
able to  the  citizen.  The  public  offices  in  this  country  should  be 
freely  open  to  all,  as  are  places  in  other  vocations  of  life.  No  man 
should  be  debarred  by  birth,  or  locality,  or  race,  or  religious,  or 
political  belief  from  engaging  in  the  civil  service.  To  deserve  this 
he  should  not  be  required  to  render  partisan  service  or  personal 
allegiance  to  any  party  leader,  nor  be  compelled  to  purchase  the 
favor  or  patronage  of  any  public  official.  The  public  offices  are  a 
public  trust,  to  be  held  and  administered  with  the  same  exact  justice 


and  the  same  conscientious  regard  for  the  responsibilities  involved 
as  are  required  in  the  execution  of  private  trusts.  The  test  for  ap- 
pointments should  be  suporior  qualifications,  and  not  partisan  attach- 
ment nor  partisan  service.  Continuance  in  office  should  depend 
upon  real  merit  demonstrated  in  the  actual  performance  of  duties, 
and  not  upon  the  urgency  of  Congressmen  or  the  petitions  of  other 
citizens.  This  is  no  new  doctrine  here  in  Massachusetts.  For 
many  years  it  has  been  declared  as  the  policy  of  the  Republican 
party,  by  solemn  announcements  in  its  platforms,  by  earnest  argu- 
ments of  its  public  speakers  and  by  the  discussions  of  its  press, 
until  it  has  ceased  to  be  an  open  question." 

The  Boston  Journal  in  the  article  before  referred  to  contains  the 
following  very  just  declaration  : 

"That  Mr.  CRAPois  totally  opposed  to  the  use  of  money  in  secur- 
ing a  nomination,  and  if  nominated  will  refuse  to  increase  the  class 
of  boodle  politicians  by  throwing  money  right  and  left,  is  well 
known.  Trie  legitimate  expenses  of  a  campaign  will  be  provided, 
as  they  should  be,  but  Mr.  CRAPO  will  fail  of  a  nomination  if  there 
is  to  be  a  money  value  placed  upon  the  votes  of  delegates.  He  be- 
lieves with  a  majority  of  the  Republicans  that  a  fair  and  honest  ex- 
pression of  opinion  regarding  the  candidate  for  Governor  should  be 
the  rule  of  the  caucuses,  and  the  decision  reached  should  bear  no 
taint  of  corruption.  That  Mr.  CRAPO  is  not  in  any  sense  a  lover  of 
money  for  the  sake  of  money  is  proved  by  many  acts  of  his  whole 
life.  We  remember  an  instance,  long  forgotten  by  even  his  most 
intimate  friends.  Mr.  CRAPO  succeeded  Mr.  Buffington,  who  died 
soon  after  reaching  his  home  in  Fall  River,  at  the  close  of  the  session 
in  March.  Mr.  CRAPO  was  chosen  the  same  fall,  and  was  entitled 
by  the  statues  of  the  United  States  to  receive  pay  from  the  date  of 
Mr.  Buffington's  death.  This  amount  of  several  thousand  dollars  he 
declined  to  accept,  and  it  was  covered  back  into  the  Tfertsury.  In 
the  first  session  of  which  he  was  a  member  he  introduced  a  bill  pay- 
ing to  the  widow  of  Mr.  Buffington  the  whole  amount.  It  would 
have  been  possible  for  Mr.  CRAPO  to  have  taken  the  money,  and 
also  to  have  secured  compensation  for  the  family  of  Mr.  Buffington, 
but  it  was  not  his  practice  to  tax  the  Government  for  double  pay  to 
the  member  from  his  district  and  to  receive  pay  for  services  which 
he  had  not  performed.  It  was  simply  a  characteristic  act."  Mr. 


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CRAPO'S  friendship  for  the  soldier  and  sailor  was  amply  proved  by 
his  practical  and  efficient  work  for  them  as  a  member  of  Congress, 
in  introducing  bills  and  procuring  pensions  for  the  deserving. 

This  then  is  a  brief  and  imperfect  glance  at  the  man  whom 
the  State  can  honor  and  at  the  same  time  honor  herself  by  calling  to- 
her  chief  magistracy.  A  man  in  the  prime  of  life,  being  but  fifty- 
nine  years  of  age,  in  full  possession  of  those  mental  powers  which 
have  made  him  one  of  the  foremost  men  of  his  generation  in  Massa- 
chusetts and  created  for  him  a  reputation  which  goes  hand  in  hand 
with  the  fame  of  that  galaxy  of  men  that  have  made  the  present 
history  of  the  Commonwealth  equal  to  its  past. 

The  supporters  of  Mr.  CRAPO  make  no  demand  upon  such  a 
commonwealth  as  Massachusetts  for  the  governorship  for  their 
favorite.  The  people  will  recognize  no  claims  upon  so  high  an  honor. 
It  is  their  right  and  privilege  to  select  the  best  man  available 
among  her  citizens.  Fully  recognizing  this,  however,  Mr.  CRAPO'S 
friends  are  warranted  in  saying  that  no  public  man  in  Massachusetts 
is  worthier  than  he  of  the  high  honor,  and  none  have  better  demon- 
strated their  fitness  for  the  place  by  exalted  private  character,  un- 
challenged ability  and  conspicuous  public  service. 


PRESS   COMMENTS. 


BOSTON    JOURNAL. 
The  Question  of  the  Governorship. 

The  political  situation  in  this  State  at  the 
present  time  is  of  a  character  to  justify  grave 
concern  on  the  part  of  thoughtful  Repub- 
licans. To  "prophesy  smooth  things"  is 
always  an  easier  and  more  agreeable  task 
than  to  point  out  perils,  but  the  latter  be- 
comes a  duty  when  the  perils,  though 
serious,  are  avoidable.  An  "off  year"  is 
always  the  opportunity  of  a  minority  party. 
It  offers  the  possibility  —  not  to  say  proba- 
bility —  that  the  majority  party,  at  ease  by 
reason  of  past  successes,  and  not  aroused 
to  exertion  by  the  claims  of  great  and  com- 
manding issues,  will  neglect  to  poll  its  full 
strength,  and  thus  will  give  an  occasion  to 
its  opponents.  The  doctrine  of  incessant 
political  alertness  may  be  preached  without 
weariness  by  the  party  press,  but  it  falls 
upon  deaf  ears. 

***** 

We  confess  that  we  do  not  desire  to  take 
any  risk,  especially  when  it  appears  very 
clear  to  us  that  Mr.  Crapo  is  the  strongest 
candidate  whom  the  Republican  party  can 
nominate,  and  will  poll  the  largest  vote, 
awakening  few  antagonisms. 

Mr.  Crapo' s  character,  his  ability,  his 
public  service  would  commend  his  selection 
to  the  citizens  of  Massachusetts,  and  his 
incumbency  of  the  office  would  give  to  it  a 
dignity  which  it  has  not  always  had. 
***** 

Mr.  Crapo  is  in  himself  a  strong  candidate 
for  the  position.  He  is  a  man  of  decided 
convictions  and  character  and  not  one 
likely  to  study  mere  popular  effects  in  tak- 
ing a  position  upon  any  public  question. 
He  is  a  substantial  sort  of  man,  having 
good  instinctive  ideas  of  public  administra- 
tion, and  a  good  record  to  prove  his  capa- 
city, efficiency  and  general  adaptability  to 
the  office  for  which  he  has  been  named. 


BOSTON  TRAVELI/ER. 
An  Ideal  Candidate. 

A  lawyer  of  brilliant  attainments,  a 
business  man  of  tried  capacity,  a  gentleman 
of  scholarly  and  cultivated  tastes,  a  public 
man  with  an  enviable  national  reputation, 
Mr.  Crapo's  nomination  would  be  a  most 


excellent  one,  and  there  would  be  a  general 
feeling  that  no  doubtful  experiment  was 
being  attempted  in  electing  him  to  the 
Chief  Magistracy.  *  *  *  *  The  nomi- 
nation should  be  made  deliberately  and 
with  sound  judgment  rather  than  upon  the 
sudden  impulse  of  the  moment.  The  latter 
is  one  for  the  masses  of  the  party  to  settle 
at  their  primaries. 


BOSTON  TRANSCRIPT. 

"Hon.  W.  W.  Crapo's  candidacy  is 
strong  among  reflecting  Republicans,  who 
would  restore  the  old  prestige  of  Massa- 
chusetts Republicism  and  forbid  that  the 
organization  shall  fall  under  the  dom- 
ination of  professional  politicians.  It  can- 
not be  truly  stated  that  Mr.  Crapo's  claims 
have  ever  been  unduly  pressed.  His 
strength  comes  from  a  popular  impression 
that  he  would  honor  the  Gubernatorial 
chair.  His  nomination  would  generate  no 
fears  that  a  mistake  had  been  made,  either 
on  political  or  public  grounds.  The  Re- 
publican party  wants  its  strongest  man  for 
Governor  this  year  and  his  name  is  Crapo. 
His  candidacy  would  undoubtedly  attract 
support  from  independent  citizens  of  all 
parties.  In  an  off  year  this  is  a  considera- 
tion not  to  be  despised.  Mr.  Crapo  has 
happily  been  disconnected  from  intrigues 
and  small  politics  that  have  established 
themselves  at  the  State  House.  He  has  no 
taint  of  lobby  influence  about  him,  and  his 
election  would  prove  a  decided  rebuff  to 
the  professionals  who  make  the  State  Capi- 
tol their  headquarters  and  there  prepare 
schemes  to  rule  the  Republican  party,  and 
control  future  legislation.  Mr.  Crapo's 
candidacy  is  a  'new  departure'  and  for 
that  reason  commends  itself  to  independent 
reflecting  citizens  of  Massachusetts." 

Mr.  Brackett's  friends  will  have  their  en- 
thusiasm considerably  abated  by  The 
Journal's  comparison  of  his  strength  before 
the  people  with  that  possessed  by  his  prin- 
cipal rival  for  the  nomination,  Mr.  Crapo. 
It  remains  to  be  seen  whether  the  Republi- 
cans of  Massachusetts  will  disregard  all 
such  warnings,  and  rush  on  to  almost 
certain  defeat. 


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THE    BOSTON    HERALD. 

The  difference  in  the  movement  for  Mr. 
Crapo  is  that  it  is  more  spontaneous  and 
more  a  people's  affair.  We  say  this,  being 
fully  aware  that  there  is  a  politician's 
organization  working  for  Mr.  Crapo  as 
well ;  but  it  is  not  nearly  as  much  as  that  of 
Mr.  Brackett  made  up  of  men  who  make 
politics  a  profession.  It  is  extemporized 
rather  on  the  part  of  certain  men  who  have 
found  the  tendency  of  Massachusetts  poli- 
tics degenerating  too  much  into  the  hands 
of  the  lobby  and  the  meaner  men  connected 
with  the  political  machines.  We  give  our 
Republican  neighbor,  The  Journal,  the 
credit  of  believing  that  it  is  its  indisposi- 
tion to  see  this  bad  element  triumph  which 
has  led  it  to  take  the  positive  stand  for  Mr. 
Crapo  that  it  occupies.  There  is  a  feeling 
in  the  Republican  party  that  the  influence 
which  has  had  so  much  power  in  the  Leg- 
islature through  its  effect  upon  the  presid- 
ing officer  of  one  branch  in  later  years 
ought  not  to  have  even  a  nominal  victory 
in  electing  a  Governor  also.  The  tendency 
of  this  influence  is  to  degrade  the  party  by 
making  it  the  instrument  of  the  purposes 
of  its  smaller,  as  well  as  its  more  selfish 
men.  Opposition  to  this  has  had  a  large 
share  in  strengthening  the  movement  for 
Mr.  Crapo.  With  it  there  has  been  a  feel- 
ing that  the  State  should  select  the  ablest 
man  willing  to  accept  the  office.  While 
Mr.  Brackett' s  fitness  in  many  respects  is 
freely  admitted,  there  is  the  feeling  that 
Mr.  Crapo  has  a  superiority  in  capacity 
which  places  him  in  the  rank  with  the 
ablest  Governor  the  State  has  had. 

WORCESTER  SPY. 

Mr.  Crapo' s  candidacy  is  favorably  re- 
ceived by  the  press  of  the  State,  and  even 
The  Boston  Journal,  which  scrupulously 
avoids  anything  like  committal  to  any  can- 
didate until  he  has  received  the  indorsement 
of  the  Republican  Convention,  is  almost 
enthusiastic  about  him. 

******* 

Mr.  Crapo  has,  as  it  seems  to  us,  in  a 
larger  measure  than  any  other  man  now 
available,  the  qualities  which  are  desired 
and  needed  in  the  Governor  of  Massachu- 
setts. He  would  receive  the  office  with  a 
profound  sense  of  the  honor  it  confers  and 
the  responsibilities  it  imposes,  and  would 
administer  it  with  conscientious  fidelity. 

WORCESTER  GAZETTE. 

It  was  to  be  expected  that  both  the  Mer- 
cury and  the  Standard  of  New  Bedford 
would  smile  upon  the  nomination  of  Mr. 


Crapo,  who  is  New  Bedford's  favorite  son, 
but  it  was  not  by  any  means  so  certain  that 
the  Salem  Gazette,  the  Newburyport  Her- 
ald, the  Springfield  Union  and  the  Pitts- 
field  Eagle  would  speak  so  kindly  of  him 
as  they  do.  All  these  are  representative 
papers  of  different  sections  of  the  State. 


SPRINGFIELD  REPUBLICAN. 
The  Best. 

Republican  newspapers  throughout  the 
State  have  a  very  cordial  word  for  Mr. 
Crapo  in  connection  with  the  party  nom- 
ination for  Governor.  Many  of  them 
recognize  that  the  New  Bedford  man  is 
'  'the  best"  so  far  suggested.  Does  the  party 
deem  it  wise  to  take  anything  less  than  that 
this  year? 

SPRINGFIELD  UNION. 

The  Republican  party  of  Massachusetts 
has  no  man  who  is  available  for  the  Guber- 
natorial nomination  this  year  who  is  better 
equipped  for  the  Gubernatorial  office  than 
Mr.  Crapo.  The  movement  in  behalf  of 
Mr.  Crapo  rests  simply  and  solely  upon  its 
merits.  If  the  Republicans  of  Massachu- 
setts desire  him  for  their  candidate  they  can 
have  him,  and  in  having  him  they  will 
have  a  candidate  whose  conspicuous  fitness 
for  the  position  no  one  can  question.  With 
such  a  candidate  it  would  be  pessimistic 
distrust  of  the  good  sense  of  the  voters  of 
Massachusetts  to  question  a  triumphant 
issue. 


WESTFIELD  TIMES. 

"  The  Crapo  sentiment  is  growing  all 
over  the  State.  The  Republicans  are  keen- 
ly alive  to  the  fact  that  this  is  an  off  year, 
and  that  in  order  to  win  they  must  put  for- 
ward their  best  man,  and  that  man  is  Wil- 
liam W.  Crapo.  His  name  would  be  a 
tower  of  strength  before  the  people,  and  if 
the  Republicans  are  wise  in  their  day  and 
generation  they  will  select  him  as  their 
standard  bearer." 


LYNN  TRANSCRIPT. 
The  Governorship. 

There  is  a  strong  feeling  in  Newton  as 
elsewhere  in  the  State,  says  the  Graphic, 
that  the  Republican  party  should  select  the 
best  man  possible  as  its  candidate  for  gov- 
ernor. It  is  an  off  year,  and  the  Democrats 
will  undoubtedly  put  up  ex-Mayor  Russell 
of  Cambridge  again,  who  is  an  exception- 


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ally  clean  and  strong  candidate,  especially 
among  the  young  men  and  those  who  be- 
lieve in  making  ability  and  character 
count  as  qualifications. 

To  succeed,  the  party  will  have  to  select 
a  candidate  who  will  appeal  more  success- 
fully to  the  same  class  of  voters.  There  is 
one  man  who  will  do  this,  and  who  has 
heretofore  been  mentioned,  when  a  search 
was  being  made  for  the  man  best  qualified 
to  fill  the  position,  Hon.  William  W.  Crapo 
of  New  Bedford.  We  have  nothing  to  say 
against  Lieutenant-Governor  Brackett,  but 
this  seems  to  be  an  occasion  when  the  party 
should  make  a  special  effort  to  select  the 
best  candidate  available.  That  this  is  the 
popular  opinion  is  shown  by  the  surprising 
growth  of  what  has  been  termed  the  Crapo 
boom,  which  has  been  steadily  increasing 
ever  since  the  Boston  Journal's  outspoken 
declaration  in  his  favor. 

***** 

Without  disparagement  of  the  claims  or 
qualifications  of  Mr.  Brackett,  as  at  present 
advised,  we  prefer  Mr.  Crapo.  He  is  an 
able  and  experienced  man  of  high  char- 
acter and  eminent  public  services.  The 
people  of  the  State  want  a  man  of  first-rate 
ability  in  the  Governor's  chair.  The  present 
seems  a  proper  time  to  take  a  new  departure, 
and  the  nomination  of  a  man  of  Mr.  Crapo's 
qualifications  would  be  one  eminently  fit  to 
be  made. 


SALKM  GAZETTE. 

While  both  names  are  put  forward  for 
pxiblic  support  by  pretty  much  the  same 
process,  Mr.  Crapo's  friends  are  more 
largely  composed  of  people  who  are  not 
what  may  be  termed  the  usual  party  mana- 
gers. Mr.  Brackett  is  the  State-house  can- 
didate. Without  saying  a  word  derogatory 
to  the  latter,  we  think  it  a  good  thing  to 
turn  a  fresh  mind  into  the  head  of  State 
affairs  occasionally,  provided  it  is  that  of  a 
man  capable  of  seeing  things  for  himself 
and  exercising  a  judgment  of  his  own. 
The  practical  control  of  State  affairs  is 
largely  in  the  hands  of  small  bodies  to 
which  the  legislature  has  delegated  its 
power,  and  to  whom  members  naturally 
defer.  While  experience  counts  for  a  good 
deal  in  certain  offices,  it  is  a  good  thing  to 
have  a  Governor  familiar  with  public  affairs 
generally  who  will  not  view  things  alto- 
gether through  the  State-house  spectacles. 

Whether  Mr.  Crapo  is  more  likely  to  re- 
ceive the  nomination  for  Governor  than 
Mr.  Brackett,  we  have  no  means  of  know- 
ing. Mr.  Brackett  has  whatever  advantages 
may  pertain  to  the  fact  of  his  being  the 
State-house  candidate.  The  unwritten 
bond  of  union  by  which  the  legislative 


membership  of  two  or  three  years  and  the 
influence  of  employes,  to  say  nothing  of 
the  more  permanent  incumbents  of  State- 
house  positions,  —  constitute  a  powerful 
combination  which  is  not  always  easy  to 
overcome,  even  though  it  may  not  fairly 
represent  a  quarter  part  of  the  disinterested 
party  vote. 

Mr.  Brackett's  identification  with  the 
co-operative  bank  movement  is  a  thing 
which  tends  to  the  enlargement  of  the  per- 
sonal circle  likely  to  support  him.  Of 
course  this  is  no  valid  reason  why  he  should 
be  selected,  for  co-operative  banks  are  in  one 
sense  a  public  issue,  nobody  being  opposed 
to  them. 


LOWELL  MAIL. 

The  Boston  Journal  speaks  the  senti- 
ment of  Republican  leaders  when  it  says : 
"  Mr.  Whiting  would  make  a  most  accept- 
able Governor,  but  this  year  is  not  a  Whit- 
ing year.  It  is  a  Crapo  year  by  a  large 
majority."  There  is  a  kindly  feeling  for 
the  Holyoke  manufacturer  and  ex-Con- 
gressman, but  at  the  same  time  there  is  an 
unmistakable  conviction  that  he  can  do 
great  harm  to  his  prospects  by  pushing  for- 
ward in  a  way  to  antagonize  the  prospects 
of  other  men,  and  thus  complicate  the  party 
situation.  The  talk  of  Mr.  Whiting  as  a 
possible  compromise  between  Crapo  and 
Brackett  has  little  to  rest  upon. 


LOWELL  CITIZEN. 

The  Woods  are  Full  of  Crapo  Men. 

Mr.  Crapo  is  not  affected  with,  indecision 
in  this  present  issue.  His  mind  is  tho- 
roughly made  up.  He  is  going  to  be  Gov- 
ernor if  he  can,  and  he  is  doing  what  he 
can  to  bring  that  result  about.  There  are 
as  yet  no  Crapo  clubs,  but  the  woods  are 
full  of  Crapo  ( men,  ready,  at  a  moment's 
notice,  to  come  out  into  battle  line  for  their 
preference.  ***** 

Gen.  Draper  favors  Mr.  Crapo's  candi- 
dacy and  ex-Congressman  Russell  of  Law- 
rence is  also  said  to  lean  encouragingly 
toward  the  New  Bedford  man's  ambition. 


NEW  BEDFORD  STANDARD. 

The  Standard  has  so  often  cordially  sup- 
ported Mr.  Crapo  as  Republican  candidate 
for  Governor  that  it  is  hardly  necessary  to 
say  once  more  that  it  rejoices  at  the  public 
announcement  that  he  once  more  presents 
himself  to  the  people  of  the  State  as  an 
aspirant  for  the  highest  office  in  their  gift. 
We  also  deem  it  superfluous  to  say  any- 
thing more  in  regard  to  his  character  or  his 


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qualifications  for  the  position.  A  long 
period  of  public  life  and  usefulness  has 
rendered  that  unnecessary.  The  move- 
ment in  behalf  of  Mr.  Crapo  is  well  defined 
and  organized.  It  is  not  of  local  origin  or 
form,  but  responses  in  favor  of  the  candi- 
dacy are  hearty  from  North  Adams  to 
Cape  Cod.  In  Boston  there  is  a  strong 
feeling  in  favor  of  Mr.  Crapo,  and  the 
young  Republicans  will  heartily  support  the 
candidacy  and  be  a  prominent  factor  in 
the  campaign. 

NEW  BEDFOBD  MERCURY. 

We  have  urged  the  nomination  of  Hon. 
William  W.  Crapo  for  Governor,  not  be- 
cause he  has  an  honorable  ambition  to  fill 
the  office,  nor  because  this  section  of  the 
State  has  but  once,  and  then  for  a  single 
term,  had  one  of  its  citizens  thus  distin- 
guished. His  peculiar  fitness  for  the  varied 
duties  of  the  high  office  is  the  single  argu- 
ment we  have  used  in  commending  him  to 
the  regard  of  the  electors.  While  this 
special  fitness  has  been  recognized  by  lead- 
ing Republicans  in  every  section  of  the 
State,  we  are  not  aware  that  in  any  quarter 
it  has  been  challenged.  It  is  high  time 
that  men,  all  over  the  Commonwealth,  who 
concede  his  eminent  ability,  his  large  ex- 
perience in  the  State  Legislature  and  in 
Congress,  his  practical  acquaintance  with 
business  affairs,  and  his  administrative  and 
executive  power,  should  unite  in  a  deter- 
mined, open  effort  to  secure  his  services  in 
the  highest  office  of  the  State. 

TAUNTON  REPUBLICAN. 

The  early  canvass  which  was  commenced 
for  Mr.  Brackett  appears  to  have  gone  the 
way  of  all  early  booms,  and  the  Republi- 
cans of  the  Commonwealth  are  rallying 
around  the  standard  of  Mr.  Crapo  with  an 
old  time  zest  which  promises  a  brilliant 
campaign  and  a  happy  ending.  Mr.  Crapo 
has  several  times  been  mentioned  in  con- 
nection with  the  position  to  which  he  is 
undoubtedly  pointing,  but  has  invariably 
declined  to  enter  into  a  contest  where  the 
seeming  rights  of  others  might  be  tram- 
pled upon,  although  his  recognized  ability 
placed  him  in  the  front  rank  of  available 
men.  There  is  no  exigency  for  manufac- 
turing claims  for  Mr.  Crapo,  under  the  cir- 
cumstances ;  his  record  is  sufficient. 


ABINGTON  JOURNAL. 

The  friends  of  Mr.  Crapo,  here  as  else- 
where, seemed  to  be  in  the  ascendency  and 
there  was  an  expression  of  confidence  that 


he  would  be  the  nominee  of  the  party.  Mr. 
Brackett  was  frequently  named  but  with 
considerable  hesitancy.  Others  expressed 
belief  that  a  dark  horse  was  to  come  in  at 
the  critical  hour,  but  plainly  the  conviction 
prevailed  that  Mr.  Crapo  was  the  most 
available  candidate  and  that  his  election 
would  reflect  honor  upon  the  party  and 
State. 


NORTH  ADAMS  TRANSCRIPT. 

"Mr.  Crapo  is  recognized  throughout  the 
State  as  a  first-class  man,  fitted  by  charac- 
ter, ability  and  public  service  to  fill  this 
high  position.  His  nomination  would  unite 
all  the  elements  of  the  Republican  party. 
In  this  critical  year  personal  claims  and  as- 
pirations should  not  be  allowed  to  endan- 
ger the  unity  and  success  of  the  Republi- 
can cause." 


PITTSFIELD  JOURNAL. 

Mr.  Crapo  is  one  of  our  most  eloquent 
speakers.  He  is  something  more.  He  is 
a  man  of  business.  He  is  a  gentleman  of 
legal  attainments  and  widely  versed  in  all 
matters  which  naturally  come  within  the 
scope  of  duties  of  a  chief  executive  of  a 
great  Commonwealth.  That  he  has  a  nat- 
ional reputation  we  need  not  say,  for  his 
Congressional  career  brought  him  promi- 
nently before  the  country.  Should  the 
choice  of  the  Republican  Convention  fall 
upon  Mr.  Crapo,  the  people  of  Massa- 
chusetts would  know  in  advance  what  to 
expect  of  him  as  Governor. 


GREENFIELD  GAZETTE. 

There  is  a  spirit  of  independence  abroad, 
and  the  party  in  power  will  receive  oppo- 
sition from  many  who  have  no  reason  for 
their  action  but  a  desire  to  upset  things. 
With  this  view  of  the  situation  we  believe 
Mr.  Crapo  to  be  the  stronger  of  the  two  can- 
didates. He  has  been  identified  with  the 
progressive  wing  of  the  party,  and  in  the 
event  of  his  nomination  would  receive  a 
considerable  portion  of  the  Independent 
vote.  He  is  a  man  of  scholarly  parts  and 
would  be  an  able  representative  of  the  old 
Commonwealth  on  any  occasion  he  might 
be  called  upon  to  speak  for  her. 


NORTHAMPTON    DAILY    HERALD. 

The  party  has  men  enough,  whose  ability 
and  statesmanship  have  been  recognized 
without  the  aid  of  drummers,  and  the  signs 


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indicate  that  Mr.  Crapo  or  some  other  man 
who  is  a  Republican  from  principle,  and  not 
for  what  the  party  can  do  for  him,  will  be 
nominated  spontaneously,  and  will  be 
elected. 


BERKSHIRE    COUNTY    EAGLE. 

Here  in  Pittsfield  the  sentiment  seems  to 
be  for  the  nomination  of  Mr.  Crapo.  Sev- 
eral prominent  Republicans  have  been 
asked  about  the  matter,  and  they  have 
nearly  all  answered  that,  while  they  have 
no  objections  to  Lieutenant  Governor 
Brackett,  they  are  of  the  opinion  that  Mr. 
Crapo  is  the  better  man  to  nominate  this 
fall. 


ATIIOL  TRANSCRIPT. 
Its  Estimate  of  Mr.  Crapo. 

Of  the  many  well-known  citizens  quali- 
fied by  training  and  education  to  bring 
dignity  to  the  discharge  of  the  duties  of 
Governor,  Massachusetts  has  no  one  who 
is  more  fully  equipped. 


BARNSTABLE  PATRIOT 

Mr.  Crapo  had  a  happy  faculty  when  in 
Congress  of  getting  just  what  was  needed 
for  his  constituents.  He  was  always  ready 
and  active,  and  what  is  more  succesiful  in 
any  efforts  he  made  to  advance  the  interests 
of  his  district.  Our  citizens  well  remember 
particularly  the  seafaring  portion  of  it, 
that  Bass  River  Light  was  discontinued  by 
order  of  the  Light  House  Board.  It  was  a 
great  loss  to  our  coasting  vessels.  Mr. 
Crapo  learned  of  their  desire  for  its  re- 
establishment  and  speedily  the  lamp  was 
trimmed  and  burning.  So  also  the  same 
class  of  men  very  much  desired  to  have  a 
new  light  located  on  Harding's  Beach  in 
Chatham.  It  was  petitioned  for  and  through 
the  efforts  of  Mr.  Crapo  an  appropriation 
was  obtained  to  build  one.  It  now  stands 
a  monument  to  his  interest  in  the  fishermen 
and  coasters  of  Cape  Cod.  These  men  ap- 
preciate this  kind  of  service  and  it  is  going 
to  be  a  real  pleasure  to  them  to  assist  in 
making  Mr.  Crapo  Governor. 


YARMOUTH   REGISTKR. 

It  is  safe  to  assume  that  when  Hon. 
William  W.  Crapo  is  a  candidate  for  the 
office  of  Governor,  the  Register  will  as  it 
always  does,  heartily  and  sincerely  support 
him.  Mr.  Crapo  is  too  honorable  and  high- 


spirited  a  man  to  solicit  the  support  of  any 
one  for  any  reason  except  the  confidence  of 
the  voter  in  his  fitness  and  integrity,  and 
we  hope  those  who  have  brought  him  for- 
ward will  this  time  persevere  to  the  end  of 
the  contest. 


FALMOUTH  LOCAL. 

As  will  be  seen  in  another  column,  Hon. 
W.  W.  Crapo  has  announced  his  intention 
of  being  a  candidate  for  the  Republican 
Gubernatorial  nomination  this  fall.  The 
Local  has  urged  his  nomination  for  some 
months  past.  We  believe  he  would  strength- 
en the  party  in  the  next  campaign;  his 
past  record  speaks  for  itself.  He  is  pre- 
eminently qualified  for  the  position. 


PLYMOUTH  MEMORIAL. 

If  Hon.  W.  W.  Crapo  of  New  Bedford  is 
not  the  best,  the  fittest  and  the  most  avail- 
able candidate  that  can  be  put  forward  by 
the  Republicans  of  Massachusetts  for  the 
next  Governorship,  then  we  have  alto- 
gether failed  in  estimating  the  political  sit- 
uation in  this  State.  Mr.  Crapo  has  expe- 
rience in  governmental  affairs,  having 
served  long  and  acceptably  in  Congress; 
his  abilities  are  of  the  highest  order  and  in 
the  line  of  statesmanship  and  dealing  with 
public  affairs;  he  is  a  business  man,  and 
can  look  with  a  business  man's  eye  upon 
matters  and  questions  that  require  practical 
wisdom  and  judgment  in  their  handling ; 
he  is  a  thorough,  consistent  Republican, 
with  no  political  nonsense  about  him. 

BRISTOL  COUNTY  REPUBLICAN. 

No  member  from  Massachusetts  sustained 
a  higher  rank  as  a  legislator,  and  his  elo- 
quent, forcible  and  convincing  arguments 
on  the  subject  of  protection  to  the  great 
industrial  interests  of  New  England  were 
accorded  unstinted  praise  from  all  sections 
of  the  country. 

ATTLEBORO  CHRONICLE. 

Every  political  indication  in  the  State 
points  to  the  nomination  of  W.  W.  Crapo  as 
the  Republican  candidate  for  Governor. 
His  candidacy  commends  itself  strongly  to 
all  classes  of  Republicans  and  attracts  sup- 
port from  independent  citizens  of  all  parties. 
The  feeling  is  quite  certain  to  grow 
stronger  as  the  time  goes  by,  and  his 
character,  ability  and  special  fitness  for  the 
chief  magistracy  become  better  known. 
His  nomination  means  an  election." 


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NANTUCKET  INQUIRER. 

If  the  Republican  newspapers  of  Massa- 
chusetts could  determine  upon  whom  the 
gubernatorial  nomination  should  fall,  the 
Hon.  William  W.  Crapo,  of  New  Bedford, 
would  be  the  man.  And,  if  such  a  nomi- 
nation is  made  and  election  consummated, 
the  State  would  be  presided  over  by  a  man 
whose  dignity  and  ability  and  purity  would 
be  unchallenged.  We  can  afford  to  enjoy 
such  a  Governor. 


NORFOLK  COUNTY  REPUBLICAN. 

The  nomination  of  Hon.  W.  W.  Crapo, 
of  New  Bedford,  to  be  Governor  of  this 
Commonwealth,  is  now  a  foregone  conclu- 
sion. As  such  it  is,  of  course,  a  high  honor 
to  the  distinguished  gentleman  himself, 
but  it  is  also  a  matter  of  great  good  fortune 
to  the  State  that  a  man  of  his  large  ability 
and  splendid  equipment  stands  ready  to 
obey  its  call  and  assume  the  grave  and 
weighty  responsibilities  of  its  chief  magis- 
tracy. After  Mr.  Crapo  retires,  the  present 
lieutenant-governor,  who  is  a  favorite  with 
us  all,  ought  to,  and  will  be  recognized, 
nominated  and  elected. 


STOUGHTON   SENTINEL. 

Let  Republicans  begin  to  get  together 
and  to  write  Crapo  on  their  banners.  Since 
he  is  to  be  nominated,  there  will  be  more 
enthusiasm  if  all  agree  that  it  is  the  right 
thing  to  do.  Mr.  Crapo  will  not  refuse  if 
the  State  calls  him,  and  if  elected  he  will 
be  a  Governor  that  Massachusetts  may  well 
be  proud  of. 


CHARLESTOWN  ENTERPRISE. 

There  is  an  unmistakable  Crapo  senti- 
ment among  the  Republican  voters  of  this 
district,  surprising  as  that  fact  may  seem  to 
those  persons  who  depend  on  the  average 
politician  for  their  political  information. 
******* 

It  has  been  said  by  a  Boston  daily  which 
recently  canvassed  the  State  that  the  party 
managers  had  "fixed"  the  Bunker  Hill 
district  for  Brackett.  Such  a  claim  can  be 
disputed.  If  a  canvass  of  the  rank  and 
file  should  be  taken  to-day  it  would  be 
found  that  Mr.  Crapo's  adherents  are 
strong,  numerically  and  in  point  of  person- 
al influence;  and  several  who  oppose  the 
New  Bedford  statesman's  candidacy  ad- 
mitted to  the  writer  that  Mr.  Crapo  was 
undoubtedly  gaining  every  day. 


BROOKLINK  CHRONICLE. 

The  Crapo  movement  is  healthful,  as  a 
sign  of  progress.  It  means  a  waking  up  to 
the  best  possibilities  that  are  within  the 
party.  It  is  like  reaching  back  to  the  days 
when  we  placed  our  best  men  in  the  Gov- 
ernor's chair —  men  of  the  stature  of  Ever- 
ett, Briggs,  Boutwell,  Banks  and  Andrew. 
It  is  this  sentiment  that  pervades  the  whole 
State.  It  is  not  a  fear  of  the  loss  of  party 
supremacy,  but  rather  a  determination  that 
the  party  shall  rise  to  the  height  of  its  op- 
portunities. 


Mr.  Crapo  is  going  to  be  nominated. 
This  is  the  concensus  of  opinion  gathered 
from  practical  and  observing  men  every- 
where. He  will  of  course  be  elected.  Other 
men  who  have  been  mentioned  might  fail, 
but  the  Republican  party  will  be  invincible 
with  him.  And  when  he  is  our  candidate, 
the  old  Bay  State  can  look  up  with  pridf, 
and  there  will  be  no  more  complaints  of 
the  "lowering  of  the  standard  of  leadership 
and  of  politics." 

NEWTON  GRAPHIC. 

The  Graphic  has  already  expressed  the 
opinion  that  William  W.  Crapo  of  New 
Bedford  is  at  once  the  strongest  and  the 
most  available  candidate.  His  long  and 
useful  career  in  Washington  as  member  of 
Congress,  his  wide  business  experience, 
together  with  his  undoubted  natural  talents, 
have  combined  to  make  him  a  broad- 
minded,  vigorous  public  man,  such  as 
Massachusetts  has  always  delighted  to 
honor.  With  Mr.  Crapo  for  their  candi- 
date, the  Republican  party  have  nothing 
to  fear,  even  from  Mr.  Russell. 

It  may  be  interesting  in  this  connection, 
to  read  what  the  Newton  Graphic  said  of 
him  three  years  ago,  when  the  question  of 
a  successor  to  Governor  Robinson  was  being 
discussed.  Under  date  of  July  21,  1886, 
the  following  editorial  appeared,  which 
seems  to  apply  equally  well  to  the  present 
condition  of  affairs : 

In  1882,  when  our  distinguished  towns- 
man, Hon.  R.  R.  Bishop,  was  nominated 
for  Governor,  the  Hon.  William  W.  Crapo 
of  New  Bedford  was  his  leading  opponent 
in  the  convention.  It  was  felt  at  that  time 
by  a  large  number  of  Republicans  and  gen- 
erally tacitly  conceded  by  the  friends  of 
Mr.  Bishop,  that  the  character,  qualifica- 
tions and  distinguished  public  services  of 
Mr.  Crapo  merited  the  highest  recognition 
at  the  hands  of  the  Republican  party. 


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It  was  said  of  him  in  those  days  that 
whatever  accusations  the  Democratic  party 
might  bring  against  the  Republican  admin- 
istration of  public  affairs,  the  man  himself, 
both  as  to  his  private  life  and  public  career, 
was  without  spot  or  blemish.  In  the  days 
of  reconstruction,  when  the  party  led  along 
by  the  full  tide  of  power  came  near  blot- 
ting the  grand  achievement  of  arms,  he 
was  moderate,  temperate;  when  many  of  its 
leaders  went  astray  after  greenbackism,  he 
was  firm  and  steadfast  in  the  cause  of 
honest  money ;  when  the  life  of  the  bank- 
ing institutions  of  the  country  was  gravely 
menaced,  he  as  chairman  of  the  committee 
on  banking  and  currency  rendered  services 
for  which  the  whole  country  is  indebted ; 


both  by  word  and  deed  he  has  given  the 
cause  of  civil  service  reform  unstinted  sup- 
port, and  in  brief  he  filled  every  position 
conferred  upon  him  with  credit  to  his  con- 
stituents and  distinction  to  himself.  While 
such  is  a  part  of  the  record  of  his  life,  it 
may  be  added  that  there  is  scarcely  a  public 
man  in  the  Commonwealth  more  conver- 
sant with  the  relations  of  labor  and  capital, 
or  who  is  a  better  exponent  of  the  princi- 
ples of  temperance.  *  *  *  * 
He  is,  beyond  question,  in  the  best  manner 
qualified  by  training,  experience,  culture 
and  executive  ability,  to  keep  the  guberna- 
torial standard  to  the  high  position  to  which 
it  has  been  brought  by  his  present  Excel- 
lency. 


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